Overview
- Argentina filed to suspend the discovery process, seeking to stop the production of officials’ chats and emails and to halt the plaintiffs’ contempt motion.
- The state refused to disclose the location and use of the Banco Central’s gold and declined to produce Economy Minister Luis Caputo for testimony.
- Officials said they will send formal information requests to the Banco Central, the Auditoría General de la Nación, and the Ministry of Security regarding gold data.
- The government’s filing asserts the Banco Central is legally separate and its gold reserves are protected from execution by sovereign and central bank immunity.
- Creditors led by Burford Capital continue asset discovery to enforce a roughly US$16.1 billion judgment, with further submissions due on February 19 as Judge Preska weighs the stay request and the Second Circuit reviews the appeal.